Mamta Banerjee doing ‘Nautanki’ to gain ‘sympathy: WB Congress Chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

A day after an alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee, Congress’ West Bengal unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the chief minister on Thursday. He also accused Banerjee of resorting to theatrics to gain “sympathy” ahead of the assembly elections, ANI reported.

 Refusing to believe that there was a lack of security around the TMC Supremo, Adhir Ranjan jibed that Mamata had ‘already accepted her defeat’ in bastion Nandigram and was doing ‘nautanki to seek sympathy.’

“She has already accepted her defeat, this is all a political stunt. There was massive security, security from all four sides. There is nothing to believe in this. How can one believe that police were not there with her when at a time security was so beefed up in Nandigram, CCTV cameras were there? Then how can 4-5 people just attack her? No one will believe this theory,” said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief, sustained severe bone injuries after she, according to her claim, was allegedly “pushed” by some unknown persons at Nandigram in the East Midnapore district on Wednesday evening. Calling the alleged attack as conspiracy, Banerjee said that it occurred in the absence of any police or security officials while she was interacting with the people in the area. It is to be noted that Banerjee is protected under the Z+ security cover.

The chief minister is currently undergoing treatment at SSKM hospital in Bhowanipore, Kolkata, where she will remain under close observation of doctors for 48 hours.